✄---Rob--Ives--- @robives.bsky.social

@DarrellWakelam Kaboom! 💥

Doing my best Wile E Coyote impression. 😆 cardboard tube TNT

I'm moving to Bluesky, hope to see you there! #Xodus bsky.app/profile/robive… Late stage prototype for paper record player ready to play 7" singles. #paperengineering #papercraft #maker

@technologylaura Yup

Do all teachers work on the weekends? 🙋🏻‍♀️ -asking for a friend

@Emma_Turner75 You can't beat visiting some galleries and seeing how people have responded artistically to the world around them. Pinterest is also an excellent resource for exploring art and artist ideas from comfort of your own home

Art folk… My 8 year old is turning out to be really good at art. He has a very distinctive style, spends hours drawing, painting and modelling and is prolific in his output. Art is really not my forte. What’s the best way/great resources to help develop and support his interest?

@DarrellWakelam @Emma_Turner75 Thanks Darrell!

@Emma_Turner75 😆 Rob Ives who is on here does some lovely 'moving models' if he hasn't seen those? @robives

@DarrellWakelam Agreed, twitter is still the best platform. Such a shame about it's new owner

@robives I'm not Rob, only Instagram, which I find really clunky compared to here, far less communication. After full on days with kids, often far from home, I don't have the energy for multiple platforms. Just can't find any extra time. You will know only too well the time it takes up.

Sad to see the numbers drop, and to watch so many good, supportive people leave Twitter. It's understandable currently, but still sad to see. It's hard to walk away when you're self-employed, and work depends on simple connections. Staying positive and sticking around for now. 🙂

Paper project for you to download and make. Crank the handle to make the vertical shaft turn. Use as a starting point for your own character based paper animation or add the included Christmas tree! buff.ly/3NXxSfl #automata #paperengineering #papercraft #maker

I'm now on Bluesky at @robives.bsky.social Come by and say hi!

Double Ducks! Latest newsletter, in which I talk about prototyping a new paper project. workshopnotes.robives.com #newsletter #papercraft #paperengineering #maker

#Origami boat and quick return #PaperAnimation New project to download and make robives.com/project/qrboat/

#STEAMjunk Origami crane project to download and make. Turn the paper clip wire crank and see the classic origami crane fly! #origami #mechanism #automata robives.com/project/bwcran…

@KWHCoaster Have you got black, white and yellow? Give it a go!

@robives Cool. Picked some polymer clay a while ago and never did anything with it yet.

#STEAMjunk #PolymerClay Skiing Penguin project. Download the fully illustrated step-by-step instructions from robives.com/project/skiing…

Bellows powered Air Horse paper animation kit to download and make robives.com/project/air-ho… #automata #stemeducation #bellows #horse 45 m

Here's an interesting mechanism for you to download and make. Double Ratchet mechanism made entirely from paper. #papertoy #automata #mechanism #stemeducation #FromTheArchives robives.com/project/drat/

@james_bucknall Ooo definitely! That's very neat!

Morning @robives nice little paper project for you....

Shooting Star. An out of this world project made from beads, paper-clips and a terminal block. robives.com/project/shooti… #STEAMjunk #mechanism #automata #maker

@elinoroberts thanks Elin!

Oooh, a delightful evolution of the flapping bat/bird/pterodactyl. I *love* this.

Chicken! A quick STEAM project made from household junk. Turn the bamboo skewer and the corrugated card cam lifts the paper chicken and makes it fly! robives.com/project/chicke… #automata #chicken #maker #STEAMjunk